Blues Everywhere (2000)

About this title: West Side Records presents a duple tribute to vocalists Walter Brown and Charles "Crown Prince" Waterford, two of the postwar King label's star bluesmen. Brown, who rose to prominence with the Jay McShann orchestra, is heard on the first 16 tracks, recorded in New York on December 19 and 20, 1945, and in Cincinnati on July 11, 1946. The eight remaining selections were recorded by rocking R&B shouter Crown Prince Waterford in Los Angeles on June 3, 1949 (see tracks 17 through 20, featuring 20-year-old tenor saxophonist Harold Land) and in Cincinnati on March 15, 1950. There's nothing profound ... read more

Tracks:

1. I'm Glad to Be Back [Brown/Hall]
2. Mean Old World [Walker]
3. (I Love My Baby) I'm a Liar If I Say I Don't [Brown/Hall]
4. It's a Good Deal Mama
5. Susie May [Brown/Hall]
6. Mary B [Unknown]
7. Blues Everywhere [Unknown]
8. Confessin' the Blues [Brown/McShann]
9. I've Come Back to Get You [Unknown]
10. Fine Brown Lady
11. My Baby's Boogie Woogie [Brown]
12. Gonna Open Up a Business [Brown]
13. Stop Light [Callender/Enols]
14. What Did You Do Last Night [Unknown]
15. New Four Day Rider [Brown/McShann]
16. I'm Through Confessin' the Blues [Unknown]
17. (If I Had My Life to Live) All Over Again
18. You Turned Your Back on Me [McShann/Robinson]
19. Get Away from My Door
20. Pow Wow Boogie [Waterford]
21. I'm Sweet on You [Waterford]
22. Kissing Bug Boogie [Waterford]
23. Hard Driving Woman [Bernard/Nathan/Wate]
24. Time to Blow [Waterford]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.